WEDNESDAY 05
MOTR PUB – Mega Ran with Microphone Misfitz and Juice Lee. 10 p.m. Hip Hop. Free.
RIVERBEND – Pentatonix with Echosmith and Calum Scott. 8 p.m. Pop. $25-$129.50.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Pokey LaFarge. 8 p.m. Americana/Roots/Various. $20, $25 day of show.
TAFT THEATRE – Birds of Chicago with Anthony DaCosta. 8 p.m. Americana. $17, $20 day of show (in the Ballroom).
URBAN ARTIFACT – Brooklynn Rae, Freedom Moore, Marisa S, Lauren Eylise and Xzela. 9:30 p.m. Neo/Indie/Soul/Pop/Various.
THURSDAY 06
FOUNTAIN SQUARE – Salsa on the Square with Al Son Del Iya. 7 p.m. Latin/Salsa/Dance. Free.
LUDLOW GARAGE – Mason Jennings with Charlie Millikin. 8:30 p.m. Folk/Pop. $15-$40.
MOTR PUB – Frontier Folk Nebraska with The Singing Butcher. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.
NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – The Pietasters with Newport Secret Six and Ernie Johnson From Detroit. 9 p.m. Ska/Reggae/Various. $12, $15 day of show.
RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER – Lady Antebellum and Darius Rucker with Russell Dickerson. 7 p.m. Country. $29.50-$94.25.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Billy Strings with The Wooks. 8 p.m. Bluegrass/Americana. $18, $20 day of show.
FRIDAY 07
50 WEST BREWING CO. – Redemptioners. 7 p.m. Americana. Free.
ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL – Chelsea Ford and The Trouble. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.
FOUNTAIN SQUARE – Lauren Eylise, Abiyah and Freedom Nicole Moore. 7 p.m. Soul/Hip Hop/Pop/Rock/Various. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE) – Root Cellar Xtract. 9:30 p.m. Country Rock. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – New Music Showcase 2 with Soulgroup, Chalk Eye, Wilde Violet, New Sincerity Works and more. 7 p.m. Rock/Various. $8.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Roomful of Blues with Johnny Fink and the Intrusion. 7 p.m. Blues. $22-$32.
STAGE FORTY-THREE – Colt Ford. 8:30 p.m. Country. $30.allroom).
TAFT THEATRE – Jukebox the Ghost with The Greeting Committee. 8 p.m. Indie Pop. $20, $22 day of show (in the Ballroom).
SATURDAY 08
LAWRENCEBURG EVENT CENTER – Wynonna and The Big Noise. 8 p.m. Country. $20-$30.
LUDLOW GARAGE – Johnny A. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $15-$37.50.
THE MAD FROG – Voice of Addiction with Rhythm & Booze, Lockjaw, TVOG and UnderTipper. 8 p.m. Punk. $5.
MADISON THEATER – Tattoo Convention After Party with Put To Rest, The World I Knew and Mortuary. 9 p.m. Rock. $10, $13 day of show.
NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB – Brian Olive with Grotesque Brooms and Fizzed. 9 p.m. Rock. $10, $12 day of show.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL – Southgate Roots Revival: Fall Folk Festival with Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle, Young Heirlooms, Repeating Arms, Comet Bluegrass All-Stars, Eric Bolander, Wicked Piece, Calumet, Wilder, Warrick & Lowell and more. 6 p.m. Folk/Americana. $15, $20 day of show.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Lung (album release show), plus “Rocktails: An Amped Up Spin On Mixology” release, Proud Parents and Carriers. 9 p.m. Rock/Indie/Various.
SUNDAY 09
MOTR PUB – Big Business with mr.phylzzz. 8 p.m. Rock. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Take Me to Whiskey Town: A Ryan Adams Tribute Show with Young Heirlooms, Mark Utley & Magnolia Mountain, Dead Man String Band and Jay Kay & Friends. 7:30 p.m. Ryan Adams tribute. $10, $12 day of show.
TAFT THEATRE – Brandi Carlile with Katie Herzig. 7:30 p.m. Country. $36-$70.50.
URBAN ARTIFACT – Quintron and Miss Pussycat with Lipstick Fiction and Googly Eyes. 9 p.m. Avant Garde/Punk/Blues/Various. CANCELED.
WOODWARD THEATER – School of Rock Mason Presents: The Reggae Show. 7 p.m. Reggae. $6, $8 day of show.
TUESDAY 11
BOGART’S – Orgy with Motograter, Brand of Julez and The Crowned. 8 p.m. AltRock. $17.
NORTHSIDE TAVERN – The Pack AD, Brother O’ Brother and Lemon Sky. 9 p.m. Rock. Free.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM) – Bit Brigade with Mollusk, Off The Meat Rack and Mike Montgomery. 9 p.m. Gamer Rock/Indie Rock/Various. $10.
SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY) – Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. 8 p.m. Roots/Americana. $30-$40.
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This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 5, 2018.